Synonyms for loading

Grammar : Noun

Spell : loh-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊ dɪŋ

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readying

Définition of loading

Origin : "that which is laid upon a person or beast, burden," c.1200, from Old English lad "way, course, carrying," from Proto-Germanic *laitho (cf. Old High German leita, German leite, Old Norse leið "way, course"); related to Old English lædan "to guide," from PIE *leit- "to go forth" (see lead (v.)). Sense shifted 13c. to supplant words based on lade, to which it is not etymologically connected; original association with "guide" is preserved in lodestone. Meaning "amount customarily loaded at one time" is from c.1300.
Figurative sense of "burden weighing on the mind, heart, or soul" is first attested 1590s. Meaning "amount of work" is from 1946. Colloquial loads "lots, heaps" is attested from c.1600. Phrase take a load off (one's) feet "sit down, relax" is from 1914, American English. Get a load of "take a look at" is American English colloquial, attested from 1929.

noun stowing

Example sentences :

My mother swept me indoors, loading me with reproaches as we went.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

When we got into dock we had lost our turn for loading, and they hauled us off to a tier where we remained for a month.
Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad

The loading of ships was once a matter of skill, judgment, and knowledge.
Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad

I am commanding a little barque,” I said, “loading here for Mauritius.
Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad

Providence has acted pretty mean, loading off that baby on him.
Extract from : « The Little Man (From Six Short Plays) » by John Galsworthy

It was the same last year when Captain Hermann was loading here, he said.
Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad

Their mode of loading is as curious as the piece and its mode of discharge.
Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel

So the artillerymen were bayoneted in the act of loading their guns.
Extract from : « The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes » by James Quay Howard

A factor of safety of two is a fair allowance when loading threads.
Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

I—I was so pleased to bring down the deer I forgot all about loading again.
Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer

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